Lon Kruger, Sooners Land Another Guard from the Transfer Portal

Elijah Harkless was a triple-threat for Cal State Northridge in 2019-20

John E. Hoover | Apr 14, 2020

Lon Kruger, Sooners Land Another Guard from the Transfer Portal /

Oklahoma reached into the transfer portal again on Tuesday and this time pulled out 6-foot-4 swingman Elijah Harkless from Cal State Northridge.

On Monday, OU landed North Texas transfer Umoja Gibson to help out at point guard.

Harkless announced the news Tuesday evening on Twitter.

Last season at Northridge — his second — Harkless averaged 10.7 points, 5.8 rebounds and 2.9 assists. That included a 22-11-10 triple-double for the Matadors of the Big West Conference. Harkless ranked third on the team in scoring, second in rebounds and assists, and first in steals.

Harkless averaged 3.9 points, 2.5 rebounds and 2.1 assists per game as a freshman.

ELIJAH HARKLESS' CSUN BIO

He also shot 35.6 percent from 3-point range and averaged 1.4 steals per game in his two seasons at CSUN, leading the Big West in steal’s at 1.7 per game last year.

He scored in double-figures in 18 of the team’s 32 games last season, including a career-high 30 in the penultimate game of the year against Cal-Irvine.

He helped lead Etiwanda High School to a 30-4 record and a CIF Southern California regional berth as a senior.

Harkless played summer league basketball with LaMelo Ball for Big Ballers.

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Published Apr 14, 2020

JOHN E. HOOVER

John is an award-winning journalist whose work spans five decades in Oklahoma, with multiple state, regional and national awards as a sportswriter at various newspapers. During his newspaper career, John covered the Dallas Cowboys, the Kansas City Chiefs, the Oklahoma Sooners, the Oklahoma State Cowboys, the Arkansas Razorbacks and much more. In 2016, John changed careers, migrating into radio and launching a YouTube channel, and has built a successful independent media company, DanCam Media. From there, John has written under the banners of Sporting News, Sports Illustrated, Fan Nation and a handful of local and national magazines while hosting daily sports talk radio shows in Oklahoma City, Tulsa and statewide. John has also spoken on Capitol Hill in Oklahoma City in a successful effort to put more certified athletic trainers in Oklahoma public high schools. Among the dozens of awards he has won, John most cherishes his national "Beat Writer of the Year" from the Associated Press Sports Editors, Oklahoma's "Best Sports Column" from the Society of Professional Journalists, and Two "Excellence in Sports Medicine Reporting" Awards from the National Athletic Trainers Association. John holds a bachelor's degree in Mass Communications from East Central University in Ada, OK. Born and raised in North Pole, Alaska, John played football and wrote for the school paper at Ada High School in Ada, OK. He enjoys books, movies and travel, and lives in Broken Arrow, OK, with his wife and two kids.